ORLANDO, Florida (www.forerunner.com) – For the past few years, many supporters of the Personhood amendments have been disheartened to find that some neo-conservative political action groups, such as the National Right to Life Committee, Americans United for Life, and The Eagle Forum, refused to back the various state Personhood efforts choosing instead to “chip away at Roe v. Wade with incremental measures” that allow exceptions for legalized abortion.

But hold the phone! This is all changing fast.

Not only has Personhood picked up some endorsements from several heavy weights in recent months, but a sea change of major proportions appears to be underway in the pro-life movement. According to Georgia Right to Life president, Dan Becker, who launched the first Personhood initiative in the state of Georgia in 2007, “In recent years, and especially in the past few months, I believe we have been witnessing a paradigm shift in the pro-life movement.”

Personhood Florida hosted Dan Becker on Friday, September 16 and 17th in several venues throughout central Florida. Becker first visited Charisma News to discuss what he’s calling “the pro-life movement of the 21st century.”

Later Becker debated the head of Florida’s ACLU on the issue of Personhood. He corrected the misinformation that the ACLU is spreading that a Personhood amendment will curtail birth-control, IVF and stem cell research. “This is not so. It is the human rights issue of the 21st century,” said Becker.

Under Becker’s leadership, the Georgia group has lobbied against abortion, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning and euthanasia. On July 20, Personhood Georgia placed a straw poll question on Republican primary ballots in 47 counties, which served as a barometer of sorts on anti-abortion beliefs. “Do you support an amendment to the Georgia state constitution so as to provide that the paramount right to life is vested in each human being from the earliest biological beginning until natural death?” read the poll. The poll passed in every county by a wide margin, even in the counties surrounding the most liberal urban areas of the state, Savannah and Atlanta.

At a Friday night meeting at Resound Missions Base in Orlando, Florida, Becker was introduced by Florida state representative Charles Van Zant. Author of the Florida for Life bill, Van Zant is the first statesman in history to introduce a bill in Florida that would end all elective abortion, which echoes some of the language in many Personhood measures. Van Zant gave an update on his House Bill 415, which states that “all life comes from the Creator and begins at conception,” and that the United States Supreme Court is not qualified to “determine, establish, or define the moral values of the people of the United States and specifically for the people of Florida.”

Recently, the Personhood Mississippi campaign, which will likely pass a pro-life amendment to their state constitution in the November 2011 election, received the support of prominent Republican leaders including Mike Huckabee and pro-life groups such as the American Family Association, Liberty Counsel and the Family Research Council. The Mississippi Personhood Amendment would recognize the right to life of all human beings from biological beginning to natural death.

Huckabee addressed a fundraiser for the personhood campaign and urged Mississippians to pass the Amendment.

But here’s what I don’t assume. I do not assume that you comprehend the battle you’re going to face over the next couple of months in this fight for Amendment 26. You have no idea how many millions of dollars are likely to be poured into your state and it’s not stimulus money and economic development and job creation, it is hardcore political money that is designed to preserve the abortion industry which is a multimillion dollar industry specifically designed in order to terminate life and make people rich. Let’s not kid ourselves; this is not about elevating women this is about elevating wealth on behalf of those who profit from the sale of death…

The reason that America is more pro-life than it ever has been is because the younger generation of Americans are more pro-life than their mothers and their grandmothers. And do you know why? Because science has affirmed what God has been trying to scream to us all along: that is a human life! Thank God for the science that’s affirmed it!

A few quotes from a recent article in a Sun Herald article say it is almost a given that the Mississippi Personhood Amendment will pass:

Most political observers have little doubt three ballot initiatives to amend the Mississippi Constitution will pass on Nov. 8. Rickey Cole, state Democratic Party director … “I believe there are going to be Republicans and Democrats voting yes and no on all three initiatives … The party hasn’t taken a position on any of the initiatives …”

The two gubernatorial candidates, Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Bryant and Democratic Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree, have both said they support the initiatives, or at least letting voters decide them. Most candidates statewide have taken similar stances. Bryant is named as co-chair of the group pushing the personhood amendment.

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The Silent Scream (DVD) Eight Languages

“When the lives of the unborn are snuffed out, they often feel pain, pain that is long and agonizing.” – President Ronald Reagan to National Religious Broadcasters Convention, January 1981

Ronald Reagan became convinced of this as a result of watching The Silent Scream – a movie he considered so powerful and convicting that he screened it at the White House.

The modern technology of real-time ultrasound now reveals the actual responses of a 12-week old fetus to being aborted. As the unborn child attempts to escape the abortionist’s suction curette, her motions can be seen to become desperately agitated and her heart rate doubles. Her mouth opens – as if to scream – but no sound can come out. Her scream doesn’t have to remain silent, however … not if you will become her voice. This newly re-mastered version features eight language tracks and two bonus videos.

Freedom: The Model of Christian Liberty (DVD)

“Give me liberty or give me death!”

Patrick Henry’s famous declaration not only helped launch the War for Independence, it also perfectly summarized the mindset that gave birth to, and sustained, the unprecedented experiment in Christian liberty that was America.

The freedom our Founders envisioned was not freedom from suffering, want, or hard work. Nor was it freedom to indulge every appetite or whim without restraint—that would merely be servitude to a different master. No, the Founders’ passion was to live free before God, unfettered by the chains of autocracy, shackles that slowly but inexorably bind men when the governments they fashion fail to recognize and uphold freedom’s singular, foundational truth: that all men are created in the image of God, and are thereby co-equally endowed with the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

This presentation is a similar call, not to one but many. By reintroducing the principles of freedom that gave birth to America, it is our prayer that Jesus, the true and only ruler over the nations, will once again be our acknowledged Sovereign, that we may again know and exult in the great truth that “where the Spirit of the LORD is, there is liberty” (2 Cor. 3:17).

Welcome to the Second American Revolution!

This DVD features “Liberty: The Model of Christian Liberty” along with “Dawn’s Early Light: A Brief History of America’s Christian Foundations.” Bonus features include a humorous but instructive collection of campaign ads and Eric Holmberg’s controversial YouTube challenge concerning Mitt Romney’s campaign for president.

The Beast of Revelation: Identified (DVD)

Who is the dreaded beast of Revelation?

Now at last, a plausible candidate for this personification of evil incarnate has been identified (or re-identified). Ken Gentry’s insightful analysis of scripture and history is likely to revolutionize your understanding of the book of Revelation — and even more importantly — amplify and energize your entire Christian worldview!

Historical footage and other graphics are used to illustrate the lecture Dr. Gentry presented at the 1999 Ligonier Conference in Orlando, Florida. It is followed by a one-hour question and answer session addressing the key concerns and objections typically raised in response to his position. This presentation also features an introduction that touches on not only the confusion and controversy surrounding this issue — but just why it may well be one of the most significant issues facing the Church today.

Ideal for group meetings, personal Bible study — for anyone who wants to understand the historical context of John’s famous letter “… to the seven churches which are in Asia.” (Revelation 1:4)

The Real Jesus: A Defense of the Historicity and Divinity of Christ (DVD)

Who is the Real Jesus?

Ever since the dawn of modern rationalism, skeptics have sought to use textual criticism, archeology and historical reconstructions to uncover the “historical Jesus” — a wise teacher who said many wonderful things, but fulfilled no prophecies, performed no miracles and certainly did not rise from the dead in triumph over sin.

Over the past 100 years, however, startling discoveries in biblical archeology and scholarship have all but vanquished the faulty assumptions of these doubting modernists. Regrettably, these discoveries have often been ignored by the skeptics as well as by the popular media. As a result, the liberal view still holds sway in universities and impacts the culture and even much of the church.

The Real Jesus explodes the myths of these critics and the movies, books and television programs that have popularized their views. Presented in ten parts — perfect for individual, family and classroom study — viewers will be challenged to go deeper in their knowledge of Christ in order to be able to defend their faith and present the truth to a skeptical modern world – that the Jesus of the Gospels is the Jesus of history — “the same yesterday, today and forever” (Hebrews 13:8). He is the real Jesus.

Sixteen Christian leaders and scholars answer some of the most common questions and misconceptions related to this volatile issue:

1. Are we under Law or under Grace?
2. Does the Old Testament Law apply today?
3. Can we legislate morality?
4. What are the biblical foundations of government?
5. Was America founded as a Christian nation?
6. What about the separation of Church and State?
7. Is neutrality a myth?
8. What about non-Christians and the Law of God?
9. Would there be “freedom” in a Christian republic?
10. What would a “Christian America” look like?

The Abortion Matrix:
Defeating Child Sacrifice and the Culture of Death is a 195-minute presentation that traces the biblical roots of child sacrifice and then delves into the social, political and cultural fall-out that this sin against God has produced. You can order this series on DVD, read the complete script and view clips on-line...continued ...